Ginny’s Gems

Are leaders born or are they made? Is homeschooling conducive to producing leaders? Tom McFadden says yes, and has six tips to greatly improve the chances.

A father is often seen as Superman to his child. As John Clark found, to live up to that, we must first discover what our Kryptonite is. And overcome it.

Amanda Evinger, homeschooling Mom and author, has these tips on how families can make the most of winter by using the weather to our home school advantage.

Homeschooling may be just what your family needs, but if your extended family doesn't agree Jennifer Elia has these practical tips to support your decision.

Cheryl Hernández, homeschool mom of 9, gives 7 tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 3 of this series explores speech.

Has tutoring your younger sibling become a bumpy ride? Mary Donellan offers six simple strategies to keep calm and have fun as you help teach your sibling.

Who's your favorite? Amanda Evinger, homeschooling Mom and author, shares a list of 27 famous people who were homeschooled, giving inspiration to all of us.

We know the saints did crazy things for God but is such heroic love possible for us? As Amy Pawlusiak found, we are already doing it! But, it sure is hard.

With the advance of modern technology, it seems like we no longer need the virtue of patience. John Clark opines maybe we need it now more than ever before.

Our children can behave in Mass but it takes a plan, high expectations, and more. Tom McFadden, dad of 11 shares tips he discovered in his "new dad" days.

Amanda Evinger - homeschool mom of 3 - explores why Fr. John Hardon believed that homeschooling was key for the survival of the Catholic Church in America.

January is the month of the Holy Name of Jesus. Mary Donellan offers five simple ways to honor His Name and make reparation for the world's irreverence.

Cheryl Hernández, homeschool mom of 9, gives tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 2 of this series explores sleeping.

You'll show your children how to write with meaning when they practice these simple, real world writing activities from veteran homeschool mom, Karen Doll.

Drawing on saints and Scripture, Amanda Evinger, homeschooling Mom and author, has seven suggestions for New Year's Resolutions for homeschooling parents.

We parents seek to help our children in their academic studies but John Clark reminds us that the love of God is the most important lesson of them all.

If you are not using one of these five tips to improve your writing from Mary Anslinger, then stop and read! Any one of them will make you a better writer.

To grow in reverence for the Holy Name of Jesus, Gina Berrios explains the history of this holy Feast, the spread of its devotion, and prayers for January.

After helping thousands of students and their families get the most from a college visit, Vice President of Enrollment Tom McFadden has valuable advice for you.

In the last post of her Discernment Series, Abby Sasscer shares the tools she uses to teach her children how to discern God's will in their lives.